Kepler-16b

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:planet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NASA's_Kepler_mission
gptkb:Kepler_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Kepler_mission
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude not applicable
gptkbp:area 0.69 times the radius of Jupiter
0.7 times the radius of Jupiter
0.804 times the radius of Jupiter
gptkbp:atmosphere gptkb:unknown
hydrogen and helium
not confirmed
potentially has a thick atmosphere
gptkbp:average_temperature approximately 100 K
approximately 1000 K
approximately -73 degrees Celsius
gptkbp:companion_plants two stars
gptkbp:composed_of hydrogen and helium
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Kepler-16_A
gptkb:Kepler-16_B
gptkb:star
K-type and M-type stars
Kepler-16 A and Kepler-16 B
K4 V for Kepler-16 A
M0 V for Kepler-16 B
K dwarf and M dwarf
gptkbp:controls gptkb:Kepler-16_system
approximately 4.5 billion years
approximately 6 billion years
gptkbp:country gptkb:galaxy
gptkb:unknown
Kepler-16b orbits two stars.
circumbinary planet
circumbinary system
formed in a circumbinary disk
Kepler-16b and Kepler-16c
formed in a binary star system
gptkbp:depicted_in visible with telescopes
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:The_Astrophysical_Journal
gptkb:Kepler_Space_Telescope
gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center
September 2011
transit method
confirmed
published in 2011
D. R. Ciardi et al.
first confirmed circumbinary planet
increased interest in circumbinary planets
gptkbp:distance approximately 200 light years
approximately 200 light-years
gptkbp:eccentricity 0.16
0.0
gptkbp:elevation gptkb:unknown
elliptical
stable orbit
0.704 AU from its stars
complex due to two stars
gptkbp:field gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:future_plans low
gptkbp:game_components two stars and one planet
gptkbp:growth_habit gptkb:theorem
not habitable
not considered habitable
gptkbp:has_gameplay_element known
gptkbp:has_luminosity affected by host stars
gptkbp:has_spectral_type gptkb:unknown
not determined
gptkbp:hosts gptkb:Kepler-16
gptkb:star
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kepler-16b
gptkbp:invasive_potential gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:investment gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:is_a_route_for approximately 2.5 hours
gptkbp:is_aplace_for 0.8 AU
gptkbp:is_observed_in confirmed
gptkbp:is_part_of Kepler-16b system
gptkbp:lighting gptkb:2011
observed
analyzed
analyzed for transits
observed by Kepler
observed by Kepler mission
gptkbp:mass 0.333 times the mass of Jupiter
0.333 Mj
0.69 and 0.20 solar masses
0.804 Jupiter radii
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Kepler-16
0.6 AU
gptkbp:module experiences eclipses due to its binary star system
transiting both stars
gptkbp:next_event planned for further study
gptkbp:orbital_inclination 90 degrees
approximately 90 degrees
88.5 degrees
aligned with the binary stars
gptkbp:orbital_period gptkb:unknown
not in resonance
1:1 with its stars
41.1 days
1:1 with Kepler-16 A
228.7 days
not in resonance with its stars
two stars orbiting each other
varies with binary stars
approximately 228.7 days
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
named after Johannes Kepler
gptkbp:provides_information_on gptkb:NASA_Exoplanet_Archive
gptkbp:related_species Kepler-34b, Kepler-35b
gptkbp:research Kepler mission data
not performed
difficult to observe directly
Kepler light curves
collected by NASA's Kepler mission
gptkbp:research_focus helps understand circumbinary planets
exoplanetary atmospheres and habitability
gptkbp:semi_major_axis 0.704 AU
gptkbp:surface gptkb:unknown
0.9 g
not suitable for life
likely cold and icy
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
circumbinary planet
gptkbp:year approximately 230 days
41.1
41.1 Earth days
approximately 228.7 Earth days
0.63 Earth years
gptkbp:year_created gptkb:2011
gptkbp:zone gptkb:battle